Teacher To Carry Weapon At Orrville High School

The Orrville school board unanimously approved arming a teacher who is also a Lawrence Twp. officer.

The Beacon Journal
reports the board voted to allow the veteran teacher and police officer
to carry a concealed firearm in the high school following the deadly
shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

School officials say they have had a lot of support from the community,
but some people still have reservations about the decision to arm Bill
Yerman.

The school board president says this is a unique situation and believes
he will be less "intimidating" in comparison to the average police
officer.

However, I think the PERFECT compromise is something like this (in the article).

My dd's fourth grade teacher (when she was still in brick and mortar school) was a semi-retired police officer with over 20 years on the force. I know he was semi retired and not fully retired because he often missed school when he needed to be in court, lol.

I would have had NO reservations about him carrying a weapon on him.

Okay. One reservation. Especially on a high school level. I would be concerned that this teacher wouldn't be able to carefully guard his weapon AND teach. Let's face it, there are some very troubled teens out there.